Very different types, Lord Buck-master and Lord Riddell, who died on the same day last' week, had certain points in common. They were both men of the law. Both had special association with the Government's control of the Press in wartime, An Asquithian Liberal, Lord (then Sir Stanley) Buckmaster was appointed Direc for of the Press Bureau in success sion to Mr. F. E. Smith—later the Earl of Birkenhead. From that post in 1915 Sir Stanley went straight to the Woolsack as Vis~ count Buckmaster, thus reaching that high position some four years before his immediate pre-cessor in the Press Bureau.
Lord Riddell was Mr, Lloyd George's right-hand man in advising on press matters during the War and, especially in the Peace Conference.
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